Structure and Properties of TLCP/Polyester Composite Fibers

  • Kim, Jun-Young (Department of Fiber & Polymer Engineering, Center for the Advanced Functional Polymers, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Seong-Hun (Department of Fiber & Polymer Engineering, Center for the Advanced Functional Polymers, Hanyang University)
  • Published : 2003.10.01

Abstract

TLCP/polyester composite fibers (TPCFs) based on melt blends of PEN, PET, and TLCP were prepared by melt blending and spinning process to achieve high performance fibers. Reinforcement effect and TLCP fibrillar structure resulted in improvement of mechanical properties for TPCFs. The increase in the apparent crystallite size was attributed to the development of larger crystallites and more ordered crystalline structures in the annealed TPCFs. Molecular orientation was an important factor to determine mechanical property of TPCFs.

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